PS4: Next The Last Of Us 2 Reveal Likely At PSX

[DonFerrari]

GribbleGrunger said:

DonFerrari said:

Doesn't she already know what happened to her mother?

And she already carry a lot of hatred inside her.

But that's just an arbitrary mechanic that tells us nothing of the person. You must have heard the old saying 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree'. I wouldn't in any way use that to actually judge a person but in a narrative sense it's used as a trick to bridge the gap between how a person once behaved to how we're expected to believe they're behaving now. The 'layers' or personal traits are what makes the narrative realistic. Just as personal traits of Ellie could be mirrored in her mother (let's say a love of creatures), traits of Ellie's mother could be mirrored in Ellie, and as an audience we'd buy into it because we're used to that narrative trick. 

"Ellie's never done this before, although I can see how she's very much like her mother." People then accept the jump without so much exposition. We think: 'It's always been in her' because we assume 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree'. 

I particularly doesn't see much value in it since she is already pretty mature and have experienced enough to have her actions being her own and not effects of what her mother experienced or done... but sure they may do it. I just see no point in call it part 2 and take much time in the past.